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BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron and Riley Nash scored two goals apiece, helping the Boston Bruins beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Tuesday night. David Backes had two assists for the Bruins, who won for the sixth time in seven games and won't play at home again...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Craig Smith scored twice and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators over the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Monday night. Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist, and Nick Bonino and Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville, which has won...

Michael Grabner had two goals and the New York Rangers scored four times in the third period to rally past the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Monday night for their fourth straight victory. Kevin Shattenkirk, Chris Kreider and Pavel Buchnevich scored in the...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Zdeno Chara had a goal and two assists, Anton Khudobin stopped 27 shots in his first start of the season and the Boston Bruins kept the Arizona Coyotes winless with a 6-2 victory on Saturday night. Coming off consecutive ugly losses to...

Confidence is a process. Brandon Carlo made a huge impact on the Boston backline last season, paired with captain Zdeno Chara as the Bruins' towering defensive stoppers. Carlo had his hiccups, as most rookies do, but his game continued to blossom, and his...

As Ron Hainsey walked into the Bolton Ice Palace on Monday, Stanley Cup in hand, bunches of kids crazy to get near it, John Mellencamp began to blare over the sound system.
"… Well I was born in a small town. And I live in a small town. Probably die in a...

In case anyone had any doubt, Bruce Cassidy had a bullet-quick answer to the final question of the 2016-2017 Bruins' season.
Do you want to be the coach?
"Absolutely," Cassidy said, "one hundred percent."
And with that Cassidy walked off the podium...

Brad Marchand broke a tie with 2:33 left and the Boston Bruins held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Marchand scored off the rebound of Patrice Bergeron's shot. Game 2 is Saturday in...

BOSTON — Bruce Cassidy knows how to handle the pre-playoff jitters this time.Returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs as a head coach for the first time since 2003, Cassidy is trusting in his team to smooth over some of the butterflies he feels before the...

David Pastrnak scored twice, Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots and the Boston Bruins clinched their first playoff berth since 2014 with a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Drew Stafford and Zdeno Chara also scored for the Bruins, who...

Backup goalie Anton Khudobin made 41 saves and the Boston Bruins held off the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday for their fifth straight victory. Ryan Spooner, Patrice Bergeron and Kevan Miller scored for the Bruins, who jumped over idle Toronto and Ottawa...

BOSTON — If the Boston Bruins are going to make the playoffs for the first time in three season, the formula is simple. "You've got to keep winning. If we keep doing this we don't have to look at the standings and look for help elsewhere," Bruins...

Tuukka Rask posted his first career regular season home win over Montreal by making 25 saves for his sixth shutout, Zdeno Chara, 39, had an impressive move on his short-handed goal and the Boston Bruins improved to 3-0 under interim coach Bruce Cassidy...

BOSTON — One thing interim coach Bruce Cassidy emphasized when he took over the Bruins was that he wanted his defensemen to look to do more offensively.It worked well in his second game. David Pastrnak scored the tiebreaking goal with two minutes left...

David Pastrnak scored two power-play goals, Patrice Bergeron had a goal and three assists and the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 in Bruce Cassidy's coaching debut Thursday night. Cassidy was named Boston's interim coach after longtime bench...

Zdeno Chara scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Tuukka Rask made 18 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Tuesday night for their first three-game winning streak since early December.Boston also got goals from Patrice...

BOSTON — A fast start and another solid outing by goaltender Tuukka Rask made for a fairly easy afternoon for the Boston Bruins. Patrice Bergeron and Tim Schaller scored second-period goals Saturday to help the Bruins beat Buffalo 3-1 and complete a sweep...

PITTSBURGH — Bryan Rust flipped a backhander past Tuukka Rask 1:24 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Racing down the slot, Rust took a swipe at Evgeni Malkin's centering pass and the...

BOSTON — Ryan Spooner and David Pastrnak scored in a shootout, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.Jeff Skinner's bid to extend the shootout fell short when he was stopped by Bruins goalie Anton...

BOSTON — Chad Johnson made 35 saves and Alex Chiasson broke a tie at 7:05 of the third period in Calgary Flames' 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Friday night. Coming off a 2-0 victory Wednesday night at Columbus, Johnson allowed only David...